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[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
for 2x2, there is already plenty of informations, I think it be too much if I add this :/

for main panel, yes, that's a good idea, and it will sove my problems with animation memory (smaller anim = less memory)
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
what about one of the other widgets? or maybe a special 2x2 widget that only shows 2 days forecast instead of 3? that would free some space ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
coooool :)
[G1 Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
i wonder, how hard would it be to turn the details panel into a widget? that would be sweet!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta :

- smaller animation to allow 4 days forecast and reduce memory usage

- manage night animations

- know problems : no landscape, animation is not centered (skin problem), current day 'not animated' icon is not very pretty zoomed

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-216b5.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
a 4x4 ?

i was thinking to make a 4x2 ... 4x4 .. isn't it too much ?

not very diffucult : 3 or 4 hours of work. But impossible to animate... (android limitation)
[G1 Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
4x2 is sweet too, but for people who only need 1 city and woud just like the forecast for that city, simliar to your details panel. or even a 4x3, leaving a 1 section avaible for other stuff. yeah having it without animation is fine, that's just a bonus haha.
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
nice work, looks really really sweet!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta 6 :

- skin download progress indicator

- fix location autorefresh bug

- fix layout problem for "1x2" and "1x2 full day"

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-216b6.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] biAji:
I'm trying the beta version, if I find something weird, I'll report here.
[G1 Apps and Games] nemo.mole:
Just tried the new best,work fine in Traditional Chinese.(Taiwan):)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Hello guys !

new beta 7 :

- remove animations support (not finished and not ready for market)

- big & clean default icons in 128x128 (for details panel and future 4x2 widget) !

this one will be published on market if no bugs is found :)

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-216b7.apk

can few people test it please ? thanks !
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
i´m in the process of converting the twc icons to 64x64. so i´d better upscale them to 128x128 instead of downsizing? i was almost finished, bad timing i think :(
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
sorry, yes, it will be better for next versions :)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new aniamtions works fine .... arghhhhh, it rocks !

new beta but ready for release :

- htc animated skins is back ... more beautiful ! and without crash ! (remove and redownload skins if you have it already)

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-220.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
published as 2.2.0 !!!!!
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
done, posted them in the skin thread.
[G1 Apps and Games] prscott1:
Very nice! I like the full screen usage too. :D

Question: is the animation supposed to last only a second or two then stop?
[G1 Apps and Games] matt_lycan:
The configure and refresh button does not light up when press, it is normal??

btw no wind direction and speed in detail page!! (my location is Hong Kong and "Manual Search" selected) ??? Is it goolge problem?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
for buttons, yes, this is images only. I'll see if I can change that.

for wind, yes, it's a google server problem, you can see by yourself here :

http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=HongKong&hl=en

yes, but you can click on animation to replay it ;)

for some aninmations, it would be strange if it is looped (because of fade in at the begin).
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
a small dirty video ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld5s8GfuCIg
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
I can't get it to work for some reason. In full screen mode I only get either a blank space (using the default theme) or "no icon in skin" with every other skin. I have wiped my SD card from any previous skins and started from scratch, same result no matter which skin i [Install] then [Select].
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
hi koxx,

could you modify error handling a bit?

right now google spits out this for my region:

<current_conditions>

<condition data=""/>

<temp_f data="59"/>

<temp_c data="15"/>

<humidity data="Feuchtigkeit: 88 %"/>

<icon data=""/>

<wind_condition data="Wind: SO mit 6 km/h"/>

</current_conditions>

the weatherwidget now shows a big "no icon in skin" which is technically true as there is no icon for / but in fact the real problem is empty current condition data :)

it would be nice if you could keep the previous icon/condition and blend in the little warning sign instead of displaying the big and irritating error message as long as the current condition cannot be updated.

the other approach would be "an error getting data" icon for every skin that fits in with the skins design, but every skin would have to be upgraded for that.

what do you think?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
it's a VERY GOOD idea to use previous data and add a warning icon :)

For skins, it's too difficult to modify each skin.

I'll try to implement this :D

You should have the same google server problem ....

I am adding weather underground provider, after this, I'll work on this :)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Hey guys,

new beta arrived :)

- EDIT : NOT WORKING / animation demo mode (click 3 times in upper right corner of details panel screen)

- vibrate on buttons push in details panel

- weather underground provider added (in english only, but it worth it) !!!!!!

- change NA icon management (no "no icon in skin" for google server problem, just an '?')

unfortunatly, i didn't received any answer from "weather underground", so, i'll disable it for market releases until I got an answer ....

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-222b1.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
beta 2

- WORKING / animation demo mode (click 3 times in upper right corner of details panel screen)

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-222b2.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
beta 3 :

- use day1 forecast is current conditions are missing

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-222b3.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
beta 4 :

- full size background support

- 2x2 days bug correction

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-222b4.apk

very easy :

- 160x200 for 2x2

- 160x100 for 2x1

only protrait at this time (streched in landscape, with strange result).

result :
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
I just want to express how pleased and impressed I am regarding the pace of the updates and new features of this widget and that you take the time to address almost every single post in this thread, made by us, the end users.

This widget is well worth every penny, and I can't believe people *****ed when you decided to add a paid version.

Anyway, keep up the great work!
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
As for weather providers, yr.no is a great one, especially for us up north.

http://api.yr.no/weatherapi/documentation
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Thanks :D

You know, I can't have all ideas myself (lol).

It's always better to work as a team :)

Yes, I see few nasty comments in Android market ... grrrrr ... at the begining, I was very disappointed about that, and finally, I continue (with always a little stress at each market release).

One time, I put a "bad" version (crash at startup)... I was flamed. Incredible ... at least 30 comments in 1 night : "crap" ... "test it as least" ... "you suck" ... I had just forgotten to test it as "free" (most of time, I keep the unlocked key installed).

Here is a really a wonderfull place to have interesting feedbacks (and not only comments such as "doesn't works").

Everything to say : XDA forum & XDA users are very cooooool (and it's important for me)

No "terms of uses" (about free/commercial uses) ? can you check ?

More problematic, no query from latitude/longitude (but I can do without).

EDIT : I found a lat/lon query !!!! :) just have to check terms of uses...
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
version 2.2.2 published : too many complains (mails & market) about 'no icon' problem (due to google server faults).

version 2.2.2 with "Weather underground" (this provider is disabled for market) : http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-222_wu.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
http://api.yr.no/license.html

Is this what you are looking for? Seems you're free to use it as long as you refer to/give credit to to the "Norwegian Meteorological Institute" in some way.

Edit: The latest version works brilliantly with the animated icon in full screen mode!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
yesss ! perfect ! thank you.

it seems I can use it.

I'll see, when I have time, if I can add this provider.
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
Sweet.

There's no rush though, it's a brilliant widget as it is. If you do decide to add yr.no later on, then great, but take your time man. It's no good if you burn yourself out, you know?
[G1 Apps and Games] chrisag92:
how would i install this. i dnt get an apk when downloading
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
what are you calling "this" ? what are you trying to install ? which version ????
[G1 Apps and Games] chrisag92:
this i keep getting a zip file
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta :

- fix night animations bug

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-223b1.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
I checked, and I get an APK .....

are you using an download software ?

or try to rename your "zip" in apk and install it.
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
I get an apk file too, no zip for me.
[G1 Apps and Games] chrisag92:
im useing Internet Explorer to get it.

i knt get a apk. can sum1 upload this 2 4shared 4 me or something.

kus in the market i knt skin it the free one
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
can you avoid SMS style please, i'm french, and i already have difficulties with pure english ... lol.
[G1 Apps and Games] chrisag92:
im sorry. but im useing internet explorer as my browser

and i keep getting a zip file.

and i was wondering if anyone would be helpfull enough to put the apk into 4shared for me and giving me the link

because i want to use the skinning feature but i cant in the market free version :(
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
no worry !

Here, I publish beta. For stable versions, it's really better to get version on Market.

Just search "weather forecast widget" on market, you should find it.

To be able to skin this widget, you have to buy the donate version (0.99€).

Follow links in widget, or this link to buy it :

http://koxx3.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/introduction/
[G1 Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
actually, it appears as a zip file because an apk file is an archive so your archiver program is associating apk as a zip. just drag the file to your phone and install it it should work via filemanager on the phone.

another way to check is to disable hiding of extensions in windows. this will let u see the extension and it should show up as .apk.
[G1 Apps and Games] mygti02:
whats up with the download link? keeps saying there is an error that its no longer available or something like that. It in a different language :(
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta :

- fix few updates problems (when entering in details panel, it strangely rearm timeout)

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-223b2.apk

corrected ... but as I said few post earlier, for stable versions, it's really better to get the Market version....

!!! EDIT 23h52 !!! beta 2 reupdated for rock stable updateservice :p took me 4h !!!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
can few people test this lastest beta ?

I deeply modified the update service, I want to be sure it works. :p
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
can´t really say because i´m only using it for a few hours but so far it looks good to me.
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
it's strange but the widget is not showing on my home screen anymore, when I install the latest version. And no, I did not change orientation while installing.

I will update to cyanogens cm 3.6.8.1 and see, what's happening.
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
works perfect with cm 3.6.8.1.! Good work!
[G1 Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
on latest cyan, when i reboot, none of the weather widgets work. it stuck on "loading", i have to remove and add agian.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
I heard about about that on lastest ROMs.

Can somebody send me a full logcat after reboot to see what happend to my widget ?

sputnik99 > so, finally, does it works or not ? what did you ?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta 3 :

- should solve update problem on phone reboot

- modified landscape size for 2x2 layout

- options menu added in details panel to go to skin manager directly

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-223b3.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta 4 :

- add fade in animation for fixed skins

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-223b4.apk

Do you like it or not ?
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
i like it!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
cool !

can you test a little bit this version ?

I'd like to do a market release :D
[G1 Apps and Games] pagubg:
I am testing it at the moment. Will post the results later :)
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
haven´t found any bugs so far.

rebooting works, widget creating works, auto updates work
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
perfect ! thank you very much !
[G1 Apps and Games] pagubg:
no bugs to report from me :) Playing with the widget for more than 1 hour and nothing found.
[G1 Apps and Games] Noel3903:
Same.. so far so good. very sexy app :cool:
[G1 Apps and Games] matt_lycan:
Reboot bug fixed

Not Change to Night Icon according to configure (actually doesn't change) and no animation in detail page (only fade in) !!

Other things work fine
[G1 Apps and Games] sputnik99:
strange... can someone confirm that the date of "last update" always shows 01/01 00:59 ???

I have this even after updating several times.

now works suddenly...!!!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Reboot bug fixed >> ok, cool

Not Change to Night Icon >> change only if night icons available in skin AND after refresh (no programmed refresh to change main icon at configured time)

no animation in detail page >> you have to use an animated skin to see "true" animations ...
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
yes, it should be when first refresh is not finished (first "last update" time is -1 to force first update).

I'll try to correct that.

EDIT : I didn't manage to reproduce it, but I catch the "01/01 00:59" date to show "last update : none". I hope it will work...
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
ready for market release (I hope) :

- fix invalid date on first update

- externalize ALL strings to prepare spanish translation.

- code clean up

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-223.apk

can somebody test ?
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
quick test (just uppgraded) and played with icons / background. everything seems okay. sorry, no time for more right now...
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
I played too. It seems to be OK.

Can somebody else test ?

I'll release the version tommorow morning (in 9h).
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
ok, I've tested it enough ! market release !

Thanks to all testers !
[G1 Apps and Games] pypen:
One strange thing i've found:

I've set the refresh timer to 30 mins. The Overview screen showed something like: last update 6:35, next update 7:12.

Its not that import, but it was kinda strange.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Is it with lastest market version ?

If yes, it's strange.

Other possibilities : my update service was killed by kernel (it happend if phone OS have many tasks opened), and restarted after details panel open.
[G1 Apps and Games] pypen:
Sorry (didn't see it before), nope, was with the previous beta. Also only happened once, so i think the service was killed. I will get the new version and and monitor it.

Btw:Nice job, this widget.
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
one small cosmetic bug in the "select update frequency" drop down:

"no automatic uptate" should say "no automatic update"
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
taken in account !
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
another minor bug: daylight saving time does not seem to be respected. it´s 20:30 now in germany and the night icons should be displayed for half an hour. but for the icons to be displayed at 20:00 i have to set the widget to 19:00. does not really bug me as i´d only have to adjust the widget twice a year though :)
[G1 Apps and Games] mlevin:
I love the app. I'm having one small problem, though.

I work in Cambridge, MA. For some reason, Google insists on resolving my location as "Mid-Cambridge" although nobody around here actually calls it that.

Up until recently (one or two updates ago), the city name displayed fine on the 2x1 widget.

Now, I get "Mid-" as the name of the city. It is splitting on the hyphen and not showing the rest of the name.

Is there any way to reduce the font size slightly so that longer (or hyphenated) city names will show up correctly? Or maybe alter the layout of the widget or the position of the icons? Maybe just a few pixels would be enough...

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
hummm ... strange.

I thing is sure : I don't launch any update a 19:00 to update icons. It will have to wait until next periodic update.

If you have multiple widgets with different day start/end time, I'll have to add (X widgets * 2 updates) :/

May I should ... but too many udpate are bad for my karma (and battery) ;)

Or may be as option (one more... with database broken) :/

Did you try a manual update a 20:00 ? with manual update, I should change.

well, if you use manual or current location, you can rename your city !

for auto updated city, I'll have a look but I don't want to touch layout, it seems fine to me.

are you using "2x1" or "2x1 full day" ?

EDIT 1 : ok, I catch the problem in "2x1 full day". looking for a solution ...

EDIT 2 : arghh ... it's an android problem. "ellipsize" (text end cut and replace with "...") works fine without "-"... but with, it doesn't works :( can't solve it cleanly. My advise : use manual location, and rename your place.

http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/R.attr.html#ellipsize
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
ah, there was another widget sitting around that i completely forgot about. i will delete it and watch the situation afterwards. i did try a manual update, though.

just to be sure that theres no database problem, i´ll delete and reinstall the forecast widget from the market and watch the situation.

and please don´t do anything bad for your karma or our batteries ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] 1024k:
Don't know if already posted, sorry, but if i disconnet and then reconnect the location swicht automatically from my current to local search and i need always to enter into configuration settings to change it.

Coming work i have 5 tunnels and always loose the edge connection, so when i'm at work the forecast is for my home town instead of my work town.

Any chance to get forecast always set to my current location also when reconnect?

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Not sure to understand, but *current location* is used only for FIRST configuration to set the location. Once configured, it changed to *manual* to be SURE it will keep the first configured location and not reset to current location (wanted, not a bug).

If you want the widget follow your location, you'll have to use the paid version to use *current and refresh location*.

Do I answer to your question/problem ?
[G1 Apps and Games] mlevin:
I don't know what (if anything) you did, but it is all better now (it just says "Cambridge").

:)
[G1 Apps and Games] Corbier85:
When can we test the 230 beta ?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
in few days (2 or 3), not yet ready ;)

cool, in fact, google geocoder can return different strings. depends of exact location. if if google geocoder fails, I use another geocoder (with another location string ;) )

but, currently, I didn't modified anything.
[G1 Apps and Games] 1024k:
Hi Koxx, I bought it.

I'll try to set it to current and auto-refreshd location and test.

Probably I tried with the free version.

Great widget.

Take care.
[G1 Apps and Games] 1024k:
Tested and working.

Only need a manual refresh when reconnect to shift to the current location.

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
coool ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
back from my business trip. Get back to widgets ;)

as usual, i have decided to publish the new beta here :)

so, you 'll be able to tell me what YOU want/like/dislike in this new version.

the main new thing are :

- full spanish translation

- NEW 4x2 LAYOUT with calendar informations

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-230b2.apk

What I schedule for next days :

- choose calendars you want to show/hide

- improve days strings

- add a slider to show 4 days

- link to google calendar for widget events clicks

In the market version, it will be available only for donate version.

My goal with this new widget layout is NOT TO DO a calendar widget (a want to do a separeted widget for this), but just to complete your next scheduled activites informations with weather informations.
[G1 Apps and Games] vr24:
I bought the widget yesterday. Really nice.

I know there is one already (beautiful widgets) - but an HTC Hero style clock/weather with the stability and ongoing dev of this project would be sweet.

The only complaint I would have is the animated htc widgets show up as question marks.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
Thanks,

for "HTC Hero style clock/weather", I really don't "like" it. Why ?

for me :

- it use a lot a space on desktop for very few and redundant informations,

- it use more battery because you have to run this update process each minute when device is awake

- android services are not very stable - process often killed by kernel - (consequence : a lot of 'bad comments' on thoses widgets because of services problems)

- it's a copy of HTC version... i prefer creating than copying.

For animated skin, that's really strange, what weahter condition do you have ? can you give me your complet widget configuration ? ROM ? can you try to redownload the skin ?
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
brilliant idea, one stylish widget for the only 2 things i really need on my homescreen!
[G1 Apps and Games] :
Hi, i installed the beta and i like it very much! :eek:

Bugs i found:

-Landscape doesn't work on G1 with HW-Keyboard opened.

-The 4x2 widget doesn't look like the screenshot, it looks like cut off, only the top bar without the 4day preview. The calendar-text ist cut off and the forecasticon too, it seems the list is much longer, but it shows only the first 2,5 Days. I believe this is what you mentioned with "What I schedule for next days " ...

:)

Pappl
[G1 Apps and Games] kizer:
I really like the Calendar Intergration. Thats cool and makes looking at events fast and well seeing what the day's weather is going to be along with it is nice too.
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
for landscape, yes, normal at this time

for "cut off", normal too. I'll add a scroll buttons later.

Can you send me a screenshot ?
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
new beta :

- start working on multiple calendars selection and colors (currently not working)

- new dirty landscape for 4x2

- new date strings

http://koxx3.free.fr/SkyInternationalKoxx.v2-230b3.apk
[G1 Apps and Games] athurdent:
cool, but the widget always shows google weather calendar entries. even though i did not enable them at all (neither on the phone nor in the google online calendar). they,re pretty useless as i only see "Vorhersage für Köln (27 ..."

could you put the weather data from the weather provider there instead?

and please make calendar colours a choice, i like it the way it is right now. no need for extra colours here ;)

ah, and maybe you could increase the widget title font a bit and as there's space left below, blend in wind/humidity there. or put the daily condition / forecast on the left and display wind/humidity on the right along with the widget name if it looks better ;)

keep up the good work, this widget is great!
[G1 Apps and Games] koxx:
calendars events > This new widget is really dedicated to google calendar .. I agree that it will be completly useless without google calendar activated :D

colors > yes, sure ! it will be an option !

increase the widget title > ok, i'll try

blend in wind/humidity > argh, I tried, and I find this too much. but I'll try to improve layout.